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PINNED Respect $HOME/.config/go/env
After adding eval $(/path/to/goz-env) in .profile, each time I log in to OMVS, I get 3 or 4 lines about $COMPILER_PATH. Can you add config to turn this off, please? Second, even if I have $HOME/.config/go/env (per XDG spec), go env says that `go` ...
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CICS server (instance) statistics improvements

In case you have multiple CICS instances connected to the same gateway daemon you can identify using CSx_IALLREQ and CSx_IAVRESP, in conjunction with GD_IALLREQ and GD_IAVRESP, the sources of a performance problems (i.e. you can see if there is a ...
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Syntax Checker should make it easy to find what the highlighting and colors mean

There doesn't appear to be documentation about what the various colors and underlines mean in the Syntax Checker. That should be easy to find in the Information Center and from the online help when hitting PF1.
over 10 years ago in IMS System Services / System Management 2 Not under consideration

Support usage of RACF for certificates

Support usage of RACF (or more generically, SAF) for certificates.
over 10 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / SOAP Gateway 3 Not under consideration

SOAP should write WTOs

Make SOAP Gateway enterprise ready by having error messages generate a WTO. This allows automation products, like SAOS390, to be able to take actions like trying to fix the problem or to alert a human. Similarly, any time an error has been resolve...
over 10 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / SOAP Gateway 1 Not under consideration

SOAP Gateway logs should be written to a DD statement in the JCL

All pertinent logs should be written to a DD statement in the JCL. That allows easily looking at the log associated with a particular execution of the started task. Users that want to write to a file system can still point to a filesystem while us...
over 10 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / SOAP Gateway 1 Not under consideration

Eliminate the requirement of the converter module name and alias

Eliminate the requirement of the converter module ending in D with an alias ending in X; instead allow arbitrary program names
over 10 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / SOAP Gateway 1 Not under consideration

All SOAP Gateway configuration files should be in the system default code page

All configuration files should support being in the system default code page, including but not limited to properties files, XML, WSDL, logs, bundles, etc
over 10 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / SOAP Gateway 1 Not under consideration

Either use SMP/E or Installation Manager, not one to install the other

Either use SMP/E or Installation Manager, not one to install the other. And if the decision is to be to not use the standard z/OS software installer (SMP/E), then support 100% of the capabilities of the current software installer, such as support ...
over 10 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / SOAP Gateway 1 Not under consideration

SOAP Gateway should support an IMSplex

Support an IMSplex with multiple SOAP Gateways with minimal duplication. Currently, it appears that I can have one SMP/E environment and one IM environment, but need to create a new Installation Kit for each instance of the STC that I want to run....
over 10 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / SOAP Gateway 1 Not under consideration

Ability to disable SNA polling

Would like to eliminate or reduce the background noise created by SNA polling which is currently activated a minimum of 20 times per second.The RVTSCAN process is scheduled in ctme.cpy by adding an SWB to the ready list which initiates a call to C...
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Not under consideration

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